Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for HATO-17
in China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone HATO-17 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000389
Name HATO-17
Glide number: TC-2017-000120-CHN
From - To 20 Aug - 23 Aug
Exposed countries China
Exposed population 7.5 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 157 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 1.8 m (23 Aug 05:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 157 km/h 1.8 m n.a. 1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 179 km/h 1.7 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 75 km/h 0.9 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 69 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Macao hoists Signal No. 8 to face Typhoon Pakhar 8/27/2017 5:54:00 AM.

MACAO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Macao will face another typhoon and many airlines from and to Macao have been canceled, the special administrative region's multiple government departments said on Sunday. The Macao Meteorological and Geophysical
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Typhoon Pakhar triggers No. 8 Signal in Hong Kong 8/27/2017 5:54:00 AM.

HONG KONG, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong issued a No. 8 Gale or Storm Signal Sunday morning in the face of severe tropical storm Pakhar. The Hong Kong Observatory issued at 5:10 a.m. local time the No. 8 Southeast Gale or Storm Signal, whic
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Tropical storm Pakhar 8/27/2017 5:46:00 AM.

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Days after deadly Typhoon Hato, Hong Kong and Macau hit by storm Pakha.. 8/27/2017 5:45:00 AM.

48 hours after Severe Typhoon Hato smashed into southern China, worst-hit Macau is still picking up the pieces on Friday with the enclave’s government facing recriminations over its lack of preparation. The death toll from Hato stands at ni
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),